Coutras

Coutras
Coutras
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Libourne
Canton	Coutras
Intercommunality	Pays de Coutras
Mayor	Marie-Claire Arnaud (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	4–74 m (13–243 ft) (avg. 13 m/43 ft)
Land area1	33.69 km2 (13.01 sq mi)
Population2	7,902  (2008)
- Density	235 /km2 (610 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	33138/ 33230
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 45°02′30″N 0°07′38″W / 45.04166667°N 0.127222222°W / 45.04166667; -0.127222222

Coutras is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

History

The Battle of Coutras, one of the most important battles of the French Wars of Religion, was fought there on 20 October 1587.

Population

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	3,000	—
1800	3,060	+2.0%
1806	3,050	−0.3%
1821	2,821	−7.5%
1831	3,144	+11.4%
1836	3,172	+0.9%
1841	3,302	+4.1%
1846	3,200	−3.1%
1851	3,371	+5.3%
1856	3,532	+4.8%
1861	3,883	+9.9%
1866	3,789	−2.4%
1872	3,685	−2.7%
1876	3,944	+7.0%
1881	4,008	+1.6%
1886	5,092	+27.0%
1891	4,231	−16.9%
1896	3,903	−7.8%
1901	4,062	+4.1%
1906	4,406	+8.5%
1911	4,807	+9.1%
1921	4,924	+2.4%
1926	5,078	+3.1%
1931	5,211	+2.6%
1936	5,281	+1.3%
1946	5,540	+4.9%
1954	5,668	+2.3%
1962	5,948	+4.9%
1968	5,830	−2.0%
1975	6,040	+3.6%
1982	6,351	+5.1%
1990	6,689	+5.3%
1999	7,027	+5.1%
2008	7,902	+12.5%

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE